Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-03
DIR. HOLMES HUNDRED DAYS
The Autoerat's Doings in
the Modern Babylon.
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for disappointment in the literary feast
purvsyed for them, in the April num-
Der Of the Atlantic AOHfAly. IL can
never be said Of DR.. Holmes that he
writes stiffy. or does not feel himself at
home with his subject, nevertheless, in
bis FIRST paper We detected Q certain re
stTaint Of manner, which ve are clad 60
notice the absence Of in bis second one.
The sutociat has the difficolt task i'm
posed on him Of serving two masters,
aAd No one With q shade less finer in
stiuet than b., could conduct the very
delicate undertaking involved thereby,
to such q consammately bsppy issue.
While those friends Who have enter
tanned him in England, can only be
attached to him the more deeply for
what be has said Of them, 90 his ceun-
tFyDen on this side Of the ocean, cannot
accu e the Doctor of makisR invidious
comparisons, or of COMFORTING himself
in q foreign land otherwise than as q
representative American citizen.
With thu impressions of his visit TO
EPSON still fresh on bis mind. DR..
Holmes summons up the classic shades
Of Eclipse" and Flying Childers,"
copdones the stout lies that we're told
about the performances of the latter
snimal (vho was said. BY the way, 60
have run a mile in q minute y, and CON
cludss bis reflections on race horses by
saying they are "the
REALIZAIIoNs OF IDEAL oUADRUPKDS. :"
At the house Of a friend be meets
John Biliows, of Gloucester, lexicog-
ner at Lady Can psrd0vn's makes the
acquaintance Of the celebrated Miss
Frances Power Cobbe. At Devozshire
House he is entertained by the widoE Of
Lord Edward Cavendish, and Is shown
ever the vast private museum Of ststu-
AIRY and paintings. While the dsctOr is
locking at its wonders, a lanRuid-msn-
neRed gentleman joins the company
whom the former instantly recognizes
as Lord Harrington from the cartoons
Of that RoblemaD in Punch. Speaking
of the truth of PHRch'S likenesses, the
autocrat says that no English states
uan IN bodily presence could ever be
mistaken for . moment. On the ocea-
sion of the celebration of the Queens
birthday he attends two brilliant assem-
blies, one at the official residence OF Sir
VernoH Harc0urt and the other at the
mansion of Lady RosebeTry. Familiar
as Punch had made him with the fea-
lures of the great English Premier, DR..
Holmes was rather apbast at beholdinR,
for the first time in his life, the form OF
NIB. GLADSTONE ON DRAwISa-RooM
CARPET,
ArTsyed in robes so unbeeominQ his
wsll-Known classic and scholarly tastes.
Etiquette oOmpels ever body to AtieKd
these receptions in court dress. snd the
person Of the author of /" Juyentus
Mundi" was on this occasicA invested
in the glitterinR uniform of an Elder
Brother of the Trinity House" of which
odd little corporation the eI-Premier Is
member. With epaulettes on bis
shoulders and napier BY his side, the
Autocrat compares the military bearing
0f Mr. Gladstone to that of Lord Wolse
lev, TO whom be was introduced a few
MINUTES afterwards. Over two thou
sand invita- ions had been issued for
this aristooratie gathering, in which the
DOGter WAS never for moment allowed
20 feel himself At a disadvantage, BY
the kindns 81 of bis hostess and the
cham uionship of Mr.. Smaliey, of the
Sev York Tribune. At a subsequent re-
ceptIoB given by Lady Rotbschild be
-njDys the coveted pleasure of hearing
the great Patti in Camera" With the
exception Of Lady ROseberry's, this last
was the most gorgeous Il air he had ever
and be compares tae beauties
in the ball loom, notably the Princess
Il Wales and Lady Claude HamiltoR,
Uita those on the wall from
THE PENCILS OF "sIR JOSHUA" AND
GATNsBoReUaH.
Toe great bollow q7srry ofrock called |
Wi. dsor Castle impresses the doctor 1
more with its v3siutss than its beauty, |
be falls in | We with the m q |
niicent scenery OF the state forest. For |
The first time in his life he listens to the |
note Of the cuckoo, and Summons to bis
recollection appropriate quotations from
he poets.
The first of June be calls, bv appoiRt-
ment, on Mr.. Speaker of the House Of
Commons on which occasion be falls
across Mr.. Palgrsve, of Golden Ireas-
Try fame. The Doctor remarks that
hese accidental meetings in unlikely
places with men of whom all the world
x9ovs are among the most pleasing
Incidents Of bis visit to England. Mr.
PslRrsve shows him the
ORIGINAL DEATH WARRANT OF CHARLES
THE FIRST.
Among the signatories Of which be 70
ioRnises the ancestor Of Colonel DIX
sell, of Massachusetts After luncheon
sith Archdeaeon FaFrar, where be meets
dr. Gosse, Thin OF Quarterly Repisio
anne the Doctor visits Stafford House
md IS shown over the place by its noble
'wneT. Lord Ronsld Cover. At the
Bishop OF Gloucester and BristoI's he
meets the formidable DIR. Thomson,
Arch bishop Of York and Primate of
England, also the brilliant scholar and
ectareE Mr.. Bryce K nsington Palace
. the residence of the Princess Louise
nd here toe Doctor meets the stately
In h nelm Digby and \ peculiar choo-
hats oolOFed lady" from the East Indies
sitb diamonds riveted toto her nose, a
pectacle which much impresses him.
From a sentimental point OF view,
be chief incident Of the autocrat's
to England was bis second visit
o Westminster Abbey, where be spent
30 hours under the guidance Of Arch
lsae, FarraT. or course,
THE GRAVE OF "RARK BEN JoBEsoN"
Does not escaps him, in which the giant
,1et IL planted standing upright, "as IL
.e had been dropped into a post-hole. 4"
be sutoorat muses. over the tomb of
AZ, and wonders what led him to have
uch = hippent and irreverant epitaph
arved on It. Tbs Doctor does not re
'Eodaoe il, so for the sake Of our read
re- who mey be curious on the sut i@ct,
p quote ID famous couplet. IL reads,
Life u a = and all things show ~,
thoua BIT - once, hut nov | know IT,"
The agtosrat complains that the
rowdinR Of tie Asbev With monuments
4 the iliustrious dead, pro, nc 8 rather
feeling Of opprtsiveness 90 the mind
ban otherwise, and hints that the room
= some would be more appreciated
han their COMPANY. He saws you rnay
pok down 90 the hsRsionss and ref ct
a What pre>ioas relics thsy cover, "bat
% not look around q With tie hope
{ getting any clear satisg ing sffscs
rom ID great museum 81 gigantic
uusral brio a bysc" The Arahoes COD |
oin's ont ceTtsin hclloEs 10 the slab
tones where The little choir boys Of the
obey Sere wont to
LAY MARBLES sESlUsIEs BEFoKE AxKR
ICA Was THOUGHT OF.
An fuafaens of this sort zsvs nv